15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Film: Tortilla Soup
The Historic Thomas Center 302 NE 6th Ave, Gainesville, FL, United StatesThree grown sisters, Maribel (Tamara Mello), Leticia (Elizabeth Peña) and Carmen (Jacqueline Obradors) try to cope and live with their father Martin (Héctor Elizondo) ; a veteran chef who is slowly losing his sense of taste. Martin has one simple rule: be at home for Sunday dinner and attendance is both mandatory and non-negotiable. A …
Opening Night: We are Proud to Present
McGuire Pavilion, Black Box 1 Gale Lemerand Dr, Gainesville, FL, United StatesA group of actors—three black and three white—gather to recall the Herero and Namaqua genocide, a largely forgotten, but traumatic chapter in African history. Written by the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner, Jackie Sibblies Drury, this play follows their attempt to reenact the extermination of the Herero tribe at the hands of their German …
Developing Effective, Outcome-Based Tests (Part 2)
201 Bryant Space Science Center 1772 Stadium Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesIn this two-part workshop, participants will practice using backward design to incorporate student learning outcomes into their course, align the learning outcomes with course content, develop effective multiple-choice tests to assess student achievement of the learning outcomes, and refine the course design, course content, and test items based on the test results.
What are They Working On?: Meet Your New Colleagues in the Humanities
Ustler Hall AtriumWe invite you to celebrate the invigoration of the humanities in CLAS by meeting our new colleagues. Faculty and staff members working in the humanities who have arrived in fall semester 2019 will introduce themselves and their areas of research. Find out about their expertise and mingle with new colleagues in the Humanities and affiliated …
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Food Tasting: Annou Dekouvri Ayiti / Let’s Discover Haiti
UF Field and Fork Farm and Garden 2656 Museum Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesChef Cynthia Verna, better known as “Chef Thia” is a culinary expert specializing in gourmet Caribbean-fusion cuisine. She is a dynamic and accomplished chef known for infusing Caribbean, African, Latin, Asian, French and Mediterranean flavors into her Haitian fine dining repertoire. She went on to graduate Cum Laude from Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute in …
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Perú Dance – Interactive Performance
Bo Diddley Plaza 111 E University Ave, Gainesville, FL, United StatesThe Latina Women's League is proud to host the renowned Perú Dance in celebration of Gainesville 150! Anniversary. This Jacksonville based dance group has performed in cities throughout Florida and Georgia. In every performance, Perú Dance expresses Peruvian culture through music and dance. This year, they are returning our Gainesville community with an incredible program.
Local Authors Book Fair
Columbia County Public Library 308 NW Columbia Ave, Lake City, FL, United StatesThe Friends of the Columbia County Public Library present a Local Authors Book Fair. Meet the authors, purchase books, and enjoy refreshments. Authors in attendance will include Pierce Kelley, Bob Dekle, Kashemia Strawder, Sherry Peters, Shantina Wilson, Ruth Temple Taul, Jolene MacFadden, Ron Miller, and Delores Leggett Walker.
UF Synergies: Postcoloniality in the Spanish-Speaking World
CHPS Yavitz Conference Room - 200B Walker HallThe UF Synergies series features informal talks by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere’s Rothman Faculty Summer Fellows, Tedder Doctoral Fellows, and Rothman Doctoral Fellows. Fellows will speak for 20 minutes in length about their funded work, leaving ample time for questions and discussion. Talks are paired across disciplinary boundaries to stimulate …
Engaging the World through the Fulbright Program – Christopher Silver
140 Rinker Hall 573 Newell Dr, Gainesville, FL, United StatesDr. Christopher Silver is a professor of urban and regional planning and former dean of the University of Florida's College of Design, Construction and Planning. From January through May 2019, he served as Fulbright Senior Scholar in the Department of Architecture at the University of Indonesia teaching courses on urban sustainability. The lecture will be …
Visiting Artist Lecture: Wafaa Bilal
Little Hall 101Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal, Arts Professor at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, is known internationally for provoking dialogue about international politics and internal dynamics through high profile, technologically-driven projects that employ the use of robotics, the internet, and photographic mobile mapping. Bilal’s work is constantly informed by the experience of fleeing his …
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Film Screening: Adios Amor: The Search for María Moreno
Smathers Library East: Latin American and Caribbean Collection 3rd FloorIn ADIOS AMOR, the discovery of lost photographs sparks the search for a hero that history forgot—Maria Moreno, a migrant mother driven to speak out by her twelve children’s hunger. Years before Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta launched the United Farm Workers, Maria picked up the only weapon she had— her voice—and became an outspoken …
Creating Course Materials with Creative Commons and The Public Domain
201 Bryant Space Science Center 1772 Stadium Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesWhether you're crafting a Canvas site or building an open textbook, you have lots of legal options for incorporating free and openly licensed materials. Learn how to find the best materials for your course and guide students as they undertake their own scholarship.
UDL: Designing Instruction for the Love of Learning
201 Bryant Space Science Center 1772 Stadium Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesThrough Universal Design for Learning (UDL) instructors can impart their love for their subject-matter and ensure that all students have effective opportunities to learn the content. Session participants will learn about the core tenets of UDL (multiple means of representation, action and expression, and engagement), engage in experiential and dialogic learning, and begin applying UDL …
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Film Screening: Theater of Life
The Historic Thomas Center 302 NE 6th Ave, Gainesville, FL, United StatesIn an extraordinary soup kitchen in Milan, two vastly different worlds have been brought together by a unique social experiment. Theater of Life captures the remarkable relationship forged between the finest haute cuisine chefs in the world and the city’s most disadvantaged groups: refugees, recovering drug addicts, former sex workers, and a host of others …
Improve your Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication Skills
201 Bryant Space Science Center 1772 Stadium Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesThis session will provide practical how-to tips for communicating with your students when lecturing. What does your body language and vocal tone say to your students? Messages can easily be misinterpreted, how can you make sure to communicate what you really intend to? In this hands-on seminar, participants can practice new physical and vocal habits …
Militarizing the Police: Empire, Race, and Counter-Insurgency – Julian Go
Pugh Hall 210The militarization of the police is not new. It reaches back to the very founding of modern policing. This presentation explores some of this history, from the nineteenth century through the twentieth century, in both the US and the UK, and shows their intimate connections to empire. It argues that police militarization has involved the …
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Film Screening: Liberty in a Soup
The Historic Thomas Center 302 NE 6th Ave, Gainesville, FL, United StatesEach year, on the First of January, Haitian families celebrate the independence of their country by having “SOUP JOUMOU”. Deeply rooted in Haitian culture, this culinary tradition recalls the victory of the Haitian Revolution, where Haitian ancestors fought against slavery. Savoring this dish is a moment of great conviviality among Haitians. It marks the emergence …
The Imperial Origins of American Policing: Militarization and Colonial Feedback in the Early 20th Century – Julian Go
Anderson 216This presentation offers a comparative-historical perspective on the militarization of policing in through a close examination of urban policing in early 20th century America, a period that historians call “the Reform Era” of policing. Based upon a nested cross-city analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, the study shows that police "reforms" in this period constituted …
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Free Concert – Baila Gainesville
Bo Diddley Plaza 111 E University Ave, Gainesville, FL, United StatesA Latin night with “el Maestro de la salsa” Gilberto de Paz and the TROPIX. TROPIX is a Gainesville-based Latin-musicX band that performs salsa, merengue, bachata, cumbia, boleros and more! Specializing in bringing a Latin flavor to any event, TROPIX has its roots in the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. They perform music from throughout …
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – 3rd Annual Short Film Contest
The Historic Thomas Center 302 NE 6th Ave, Gainesville, FL, United StatesThe Gainesville Latino Film Festival’s Short Film Contest is a celebration of Latin American-themed stories and filmmakers. The competition showcases both established and emerging filmmakers whose films focus on Latin American culture and identity in entertaining, powerful and informative formats.
The Potential of Fragments and Loose Threads
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FloridaSean Miller, Associate Professor of Sculpture and Bethany Taylor, Associate Professor of Drawing discuss the ontological and ecological ideas that fuel their work. Might temporal approaches to art making inform our understanding of the natural world and human nature? Miller and Taylor will introduce the gathered fragments and connected threads in their work(s) as systems …
Text Mining with HathiTrust: An Introduction for Librarians
Library West 212 (Scott Nygren Studio)This day-long workshop will introduce librarians to computational text and data mining, with hands-on examples drawn from HathiTrust data and HathiTrust Research Center analysis tools. Attendees will learn how scholars employ this research method, as well as the types of research questions that can be explored using it. Particular attention will be given to the …
Visiting Artist Lecture: Saki Mafundikwa
Little Hall 101Saki is the founder and director of the Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts (ZIVA) a design and new media training college in Harare. He has an MFA in Graphic Design from Yale University. He returned home in 1998 to found ZIVA after working in New York City as a graphic designer, art director and design …
HathiTrust’s Data and Analysis Tools for Text Mining Research
Library West 212 (Scott Nygren Studio)This half-day workshop will introduce attendees to the text data and computational tools of HathiTrust. HathiTrust operates a repository of over 17 million items digitized at a network of partner libraries. This massive collection of text is available for computational text mining primarily through the tools and services of the HathiTrust Research Center. Attendees of …
Using Course Reserves Strategically
Marston Science Library L308The Smathers Libraries Course Reserves unit offers a range of options for making physical and digital materials available to students enrolled in your course, at no cost to them. This session will highlight how course reserves can support your teaching and how to navigate the ARES system. We will also discuss the Libraries’ growing effort …
Getting Your Classes on Track: Improving Your Teaching Skills
Library West 211New to teaching? Struggling to balance your teaching and research obligations? Then attend this session for some easy-to-implement tips on how to maximize your teaching effectiveness while minimizing teaching-related headaches. Sean Trainor (PhD), Lecturer, Management Communication Center, will lead this brief workshop as part of the Smathers Libraries 'Building You Career' series. No registration required. …
Artist’s Reception: Vibe Inherent, Abstract and Esoteric – Brian Wilson
Hotel Indigo 5020 SW 30th Lane, Gainesville, FL, United StatesLight hors d'oeuvres and libations will be served with background sounds of DreamerJazz, and guests will have the opportunity to meet the artist. Brian Wilson (Atlanta) is an abstract/energy artist who mainly works with acrylic paints/inks (on canvas) and includes charged crystal/gemstone powders for the protective and healing properties they offer. His paintings rarely reference …
Dance Alive National Ballet presents the Great Halloween Costume Sale
Dance Alive National Ballet 1325 NW 2 Street, Gainesville, FL, United StatesGreat adult and children's costumes! Great way to pick up dress up costumes for play groups – or an outrageous costume for an adult costume party. Fantastic prices! From $5. Benefits DANB's educational programming.
Nigerian Independence Celebration
Gainesville/Alachua County Senior Center 5701 NW 34th Blvd, Gainesville, United StatesIn 2019, Nigeria turns 59! Bring your families, friends, and dancing shoes to a celebration of Nigerian Independence. Join the Nigerian Community of Gainesville and its satellite towns for an evening of free African food, music, dancing and more! For more information, please contact Professor Tunga Lergo at Santa Fe College.
NEH Jefferson Lecture 2019: Cultural Heritage Present and Future: A Benedictine Monk’s Long View – Father Columba Stewart
Warner Theatre, Washington DCFather Columba Stewart, OSB, Benedictine monk, scholar of early Christianity, and executive director of the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, will deliver the 2019 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, titled “Cultural Heritage Present and Future: A Benedictine Monk's Long View,” on Monday, October 7, at the Warner …